Russia’s anti-gay policies may have taken a back seat to it’s annexation of Crimea this summer, but they’re never far from the Kremlin’s worldview. In fact, the forum was hosted in part by Vladimir Yakunin, a close advisor Vladimir Putin’s and head of a state-runcompany.

A glowing article on the website LifeSiteNews reports that in addition to Yakunin, the conference drew a wide range of high-ranking officials, including the vice-speaker of the Duma and the minister of culture. It’s a miracle the president himself — a strong proponent of anti-gay policies — didn’t make anappearance.

In a declaration addressed to “leaders of all faiths, To the architects of public opinion, To those at the helm of professional, women’s and youth organizations, To the UN General Assembly, To the heads of state and legislative bodies and To the mass media” issued at the end of the conference, attendees of the forum pushed for the legitimization of “meaningless” (childless) sexualrelationships.

The resolutions ends with a how-to list for riling up anti-gay sentiment around the world, like, you know, the government already did in Russia. It specifically instructs like-minded individuals to push for legislative initiatives that would define “family” in terms of heterosexual relationships, ban surrogacy that might help same-sex couples have children, and condemn children to foster homes and orphanages rather than place them with same-sex parents. In the name offamily.

The recommended courses of action have already been implemented in Russia, capped off by a nation-wide ban on “gay propaganda,” which was signed into law by Putin in2013.

What’s more jarring, though, is that the meeting was originally organized under the auspices of the U.S.-based World Congress of Families, which is classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center but sees itself as an organization promoting family values. (Another American, National Organization for Marriage spokesman Brian Brown, actually spoke at the event.) But at the last minute, the World Congress “suspended” its meeting and it was reorganized under a different name, because of war and sanctions andstuff.